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AnalysisIt’s almost Christmas......Anybody really care?
Glance at this year’s seasonal displays and with a few exceptions, it’s hard to be enthusiastic. John Ryan walks the West End with visual merchandising expert Peter Cross to get a feel of what’s on offer
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AnalysisThe right tool for the job
Retailers have been striving for sustainability when building stores, but have done little about what goes into a shop. Now the Building Research Establishment has created a tool aimed at putting this right.
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AnalysisThe big shop
Held every three years, EuroShop remains a massive event on the retail design calendar and the organiser is promising that technology and sustainability will lead the way in 2011.
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OpinionRetail surgery: As the HR manager of a department store, a member of staff has made a complaint against a worker who is employed by one of the store’s concession brands. Who is legally responsible?
As the HR manager of a department store, a member of staff has made a complaint against a worker who is employed by one of the store’s concession brands. Who is legally responsible?
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OpinionRetail surgery: Will the Office of Fair Trading’s crackdown on misleading pricing have much of an impact on the promotions run by retailers?
Will the Office of Fair Trading’s crackdown on misleading pricing have much of an impact on the promotions run by retailers?
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NewsSports Direct's Everlast brand to be sold in US through Sears and KMart
Sports Direct-owned boxing brand Everlast will be sold exclusively in US retail group Sears’ stores in a direct-to-retail licensing deal.
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Opinion
SPONSOR POST: Amazon Outage Aftershocks
As of just a little after 21:15 GMT on December 12th all domains hosted at Amazon’s Ireland data centre suffered about half an hour of downtime.
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NewsWorld Duty Free boss Mark Riches to stand down
World Duty Free, the airport retailer, has revealed its chief executive Mark Riches is to stand down at the end of the year.
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NewsMid-week sales up 12% at John Lewis
John Lewis has reported that sales rose 12% between Sunday to Wednesday this week, when there was a strong performance from stores and online.
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NewsBooker boss Charles Wilson replaces Justin King as IGD president
Booker Group’s chief executive Charles Wilson has been appointed president of international food and grocery analysts IGD, replacing Sainsbury’s boss Justin King.
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NewsGap to investigate Bangladesh factory fire
Gap has said it was “terribly saddened” by the deaths of workers at a Bangladeshi factory razed to the ground by a fire this week, and that it would investigate the cause of the blaze.
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NewsSales rise in November
Retail sales rose 3.6% by value and 1.8% by volume in November compared to the same month last year.
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NewsO2 ramps up specialist advisors as part of restructure
Mobile phones retailer O2 is ramping up the number of technology customer service advisors in stores as part of a restructure that will see the merging of its consumer sales and customer service teams.
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NewsTesco's One Stop acquires 77 stores from Mills
Tesco’s convenience fascia One Stop has acquired 77 stores from Mills Group as part of its long term expansion plans.
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NewsLaura Ashley sales rise despite snow
Furniture and fashion retailer Laura Ashley like-for-likes grew 2.7% in the 19 weeks to December 11.
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NewsFranchise model insulates United Carpets from harsh trading conditions
United Carpets has posted a fall in first-half profits but labelled performance “solid” in the tough trading environment.
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NewsTesco poised to start search for new chairman
Tesco is preparing to start the search for a new chairman to replace David Reid.
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NewsSports Direct profits surge
Sports market leader Sports Direct notched up a 40% rise in underlying pre-tax profits following a lucrative World Cup.
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NewsOffice bought by Silverfleet
Private equity firm Silverfleet has bought footwear chain Office for an undisclosed sum from owner West Coast Capital (WCC). Chief executive Brian McCluskey has reinvested in the business and will remain in his role.